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Training for excellence

TFA is a contentious issue. The program maintains that it sends the best and brightest into the field to close the achievement gap, nurturing an interest in education and educational policy that turns corps members toward those fields later in life. TFA’s opponents argue that it places unprepared and under-qualified people in the very positions that require the most experienced, most dedicated teachers.

OPINION | 02/19/2012

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Shopping seminars

udents have spent the past two weeks shopping classes to determine their final schedules for the rest of the spring. This shopping process is an important one because it enables students to try many classes and ultimately enroll only in those that best suit their interests. This flexibility leads students to try courses in disciplines they might not otherwise explore with the assurance that, if they don’t enjoy the first few lectures, they can always revert to their more established academic interests. However, allowing students to shop classes yields a more interested and invested group of students. Furthermore, the University administration also acknowledges the importance of this period by lifting the fees for adding or dropping a course during these first two weeks.

OPINION | 02/19/2012

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Yellow ribbons and tiger stripes

I’m sure that any veteran who gains admission to Princeton will receive plenty of aid — enough to make it possible for him or her to study here. But that’s not the point. Establishing a Yellow Ribbon program at a top college means more than taking advantage of a government offer. It shows that the university actively encourages veterans to apply.

OPINION | 02/19/2012

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Editorial: Expanding Career Services

There are far more organizations doing interesting work in public service than Princeton Internships in Civic Service and the International Internship Program can support. As a result, Career Services and the University administration should expand these programs or create new programs like them. Otherwise, the opportunities available to Princeton students in public service provided by the University will fail to match the wide variety of opportunities that could be available to them in this field.

OPINION | 02/16/2012

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Mindful eating

In the hectic world of Princeton, full of school work, extracurricular activities and parties, mindful eating could be the reflective moment we all need to feel restored and in tune with ourselves.

OPINION | 02/16/2012

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Money and sounds bites

Ninety-four percent of the time in American politics, the candidate who raises the most cash wins. Writing in Rolling Stone magazine, Matt Taibbi argues that the presidential race has become a ritualistic contest between “1 percent-approved,” corporate-funded candidates, who aren’t necessarily right for the job. And this time, he thinks the public might just not let it “fly.” I don’t share his optimism. Money is not the only problem. Partisanship and meaningless rhetoric plague the American political system. The crowds have been duped before. And they probably will be again.

OPINION | 02/14/2012

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Messy Beginnings

The first week of classes is ceremoniously dubbed “syllabus week” at many other schools. Simply go to class, pick up an unnecessarily printed copy of the syllabus, hear a few words from the professor and leave before the hour is up. Then, drink all week long. We can’t exactly afford such a leisurely transition back, particularly as our semester is only 12 weeks long as opposed to the typical 16-week schedule. Material starts right away, and reading and problem sets are assigned, some of it already due by the end of the week.

OPINION | 02/13/2012

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This page: Missing you

We draw our content from a wide spectrum of interests; in the past week alone we have published articles on topics ranging from cyber-bullying to healthy eating to funding for clubs. Furthermore, commentary need not manifest itself in five-paragraph essay form. This semester we hope to include more creative commentary as well, whether through satire or generally less-argumentative prose. We want to encourage dialogue, whether about our generation’s use of social media or mental health concerns on campus. You can do more than contribute to the conversation; you can start it.

OPINION | 02/13/2012

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Interfaith at Princeton

I have just made a politically incorrect joke about being Jewish, and the person on the receiving end is uncomfortable. It’s a moment I’m familiar with, being both a person of the type who makes politically incorrect jokes and not a person that “looks” Jewish or has a Jewish name. So I do damage control: “It’s okay,” I say. “My mom’s Jewish.” To which the response is usually, “I didn’t know you were Jewish!”

OPINION | 02/13/2012

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Improving the Bicker process

Members of the Class of 2014 and 2013 who joined Princeton’s five sign-in and six bicker clubs saw multiple changes in the eating club selection process this year.  Many of the clubs overhauled some of their long-standing policies in an effort to improve the sign-in and Bicker process. The clubs hoped to attract more members and make the process less stressful with friendlier and more efficient policies.

OPINION | 02/12/2012